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Donale Stewart
Chapter 1
“Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.” As we continue to
offer up our worship to God, let’s be mindful of what Jesus said in John 4:23-24,
“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the
Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a
Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
Genesis 39:1-3, “1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an
officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of
the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 2And the LORD was with
Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master
the Egyptian. 3And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the
LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Genesis 41:38-40, “38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a
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one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet
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and wise as thou art: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy
word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
I want to talk to you this morning on the subject, “FROM THE PIT TO
PROSPERITY”
Joseph was a young man, 17 years of age, highly favored by his father, among
his brethren. He was envied by his brothers, which led them, one day to seek to
destroy him. Joseph brothers hated him so much; they sought to get rid of him
by putting him in a pit and to be eventually sold into slavery. But, God delivered
Joseph from the pit and placed in the Palace. He went from the pit to prosperity.
Now someone might say, “What does Joseph has to do with me today? I have to
face a contrite boss tomorrow. What does this has to do with me today? I have
to fight and resist the devil in an evil tempting society. What does this story of
Joseph has to do with me?
Well, I am glad that you asked. Just like Joseph was put in a pit, and went from
that pit to prosperity. I am here to tell you that you too can go from your pit to
prosperity.
This word pit simply means, a hole, a cavity, or a miserable, and depressing
situation. And I am here to tell you that some of us are dealing with some holes
in our lives. Some of us are dealing with some cavities, some depressing, and
miserable moments in our lives. And I am telling you, that through God, you can
be moved from your pit to prosperity. Peter said in 2 Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not
slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering
to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, …..” God wants people to prosper.
He do not want people to perish. He want them to prosper spiritually. He wants
people to prosper financially, and physically.
Acts 20:32, “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his
grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all
them which are sanctified.”
Isaiah 40:29, “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he
increaseth strength.”
Psalms 115:12-14, “The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will
bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless them
that fear the LORD, both small and great. The LORD shall increase you more
and more, you and your children.”
If we are going to prosper, come from our pits to prosperity, we have to come into
a relationship with the one that can deliver us. This word relationship simply
means to be connected. Paul says in Ephesians 2:12-19, “12That at that time ye
were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers
from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
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But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the
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blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken
down the middle wall of partition between us; 15Having abolished in his flesh the
enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in
himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16And that he might reconcile
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both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: And
came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were
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nigh. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
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Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with
the saints, and of the household of God;”
How do I come into a relationship with God? You must be born again.
John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Again, in
John 3:5, “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”
3. Finally, to come from the pit to prosperity, one must move when God
moves.
Jesus says in Matthew 7:21, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is
in heaven.”
Deuteronomy 30:15-16, “See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and
death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to
walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his
judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless
thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.”
Plan of Salvation.
Hear, believe, repent, confess, be baptized
www.donalestewart.org
2008